tous-les-mois

[too-luh-mwah]

noun

1. a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.

tous-les-mois

/ ˌtuːleɪˈmwɑː /

noun

1. a large widely cultivated plant, Canna edulis, of the Caribbean and South America, having purplish stems and leaves, bright red flowers and edible tubers: family Cannaceae

2. Also called: Queensland arrowroot. the tuber of this plant, used as a source of starch

Word History and Origins

Origin of tous-les-mois¹

1830–40; < French: all the months, said to be by folk etymology from Antillean Creole toloman, of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of tous-les-mois¹

C19: from French, literally: all the months, probably an attempt to give phonetic reproduction of tolomane, from native West Indian name